External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96474	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64434	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65368	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58437
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60716	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61297	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56503	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65214
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64776	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65748	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66184	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65238
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66163	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66039	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65855	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64224
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67215	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67741	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67384	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72950
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70765	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68590	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67635	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65552
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64436	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83978

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease